Flail Mower Caroni Flail on B3030

[Bigman]

Is anybody running a TM series Caroni flail on a Kubota B3030? I just finished cutting both sides of my 2500' common driveway and a 1/2 acre frontage lot with a "borrowed", used 5' rotary cutter. It seems to shake a lot, there is definitely vibration that shakes the tractor some, didnt seem to cut that great and every time a car went by all I could think of was hitting a rock in the 2' high grass and killing somebody.
So I read the threads on Caroni flails and I am thinking about buying one with the adjustable hydraulics, I just dont know which to buy a TL1500FSC or a TM1600FSC? will the B3030 handle a TM?

 

[IslandTractor]

I'm not sure but I thought only the TM1900 had the hydraulic shift feature. I have a TM1900 and I'd keep it if I switched to a B3030.

 

[texbaylea]

I'm not sure but I thought only the TM1900 had the hydraulic shift feature. I have a TM1900 and I'd keep it if I switched to a B3030.

IT. The shift kit will fit the TL and TM series. The Caroni site has a file that shows the amount of shift for all mowers. That is what I thought I remembered but I just checked it.

Vernon

 

[IslandTractor]

IT. The shift kit will fit the TL and TM series. The Caroni site has a file that shows the amount of shift for all mowers. That is what I thought I remembered but I just checked it.

Vernon

Thanks for the correction.

 

[Bigman]

IslandTractor, what is the PTO HP of your tractor?

 

[IslandTractor]

IslandTractor, what is the PTO HP of your tractor?

32hp at PTO. But that is considerably more than needed to run the TM1900 except in heavy brush. I usually don`t mow at rated PTO speed and have no trouble with the engine turning about 1800rpm or so. If I was using the flail more like a finish mower than a bush hog I would not hesitate to get the 1900 if I had a 30hp tractor like the B3030. If my main intent was to bush hog then I might go smaller or would just know that I would need to mow more slowly. The size and weight of the flail would not be an issue for the B3030.

 

[Bigman]

Bummer, my Big Bad B3030 is only 23 gross HP at the PTO!!!!!!!!!!, how dare they call it a B3030, talk about misleading, I guess im stuck with the smaller flail. 8-(

 

[texbaylea]

Bummer, my Big Bad B3030 is only 23 gross HP at the PTO!!!!!!!!!!, how dare they call it a B3030, talk about misleading, I guess im stuck with the smaller flail. 8-(

I run the TM1900B behind my L3130HST with no problems and our delivered PTO hp are not much different. I say go for the TM1900.

Vernon

 

[pax]

Bummer, my Big Bad B3030 is only 23 gross HP at the PTO!!!!!!!!!!, how dare they call it a B3030, talk about misleading, I guess im stuck with the smaller flail. 8-(

In the BIG Flail Mower thread it is the general consensus that you need about 4hp per ft of mower. 6 ft would then= 24 hp (pto) and you have almost that. It would be fine on stuff that is mowed regularly, and rough, long stuff you would just have to go a tad slower.

I think you'd be fine.

Pax

 

[IllMarty1]

My L3000 has 27 PTO HP and it works fine with the 1900.